Lesson plan
Oops! Wrong Planet
Oops! Wrong Planet is the third studio album by American rock band Utopia, released in September 1977 by Bearsville Records. It delivers a markedly trimmed-down, pop-oriented direction for the band following the progressively influenced previous album, Ra. The album peaked at No. 77 on the Billboard album chart in 1977. "Love Is the Answer" later became a hit for England Dan & John Ford Coley, charting No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary list in 1979.
Article summary
Oops! Wrong Planet is the third studio album by American rock band Utopia, released in September 1977 by Bearsville Records. It delivers a markedly trimmed-down, pop-oriented direction for the band following the progressively influenced previous album, Ra. The album peaked at No. 77 on the Billboard album chart in 1977. "Love Is the Answer" later became a hit for England Dan & John Ford Coley, charting No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary list in 1979.
Key claims
- release date: 1977 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "1977". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378820321
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